A friend of mine told me my wireless connection and cordless phones might be sharing the same megahertz. Could that be the problem?

If so, how do i fix it?

2.4GHz cordless phone?

yep. they don’t have to be on the exact same frequency to cause interference, so it’s a pretty common occurrence.

the phone should have a "channel" button to change frequencies slightly, but I don’t know how long it remembers the currently selected channel, so..

log into router firmware, go to wireless settings. look for a "Channel" option and change it to a different value between 1 and 11. just change it to the opposite end of that range from what it currently is. ex; if it’s 3, change it to 8, 9 to 2, 4 to 10, etc

Yep, it’s a 2.4GHz phone.

My sister was over this weekend with her laptop, and she used my Internet while she was here. She never got knocked off, so I guess that is the problem.

Probably a very noob question…but how do I log onto my router firmware? I bring up my internet status menu, but I didn’t see a channel setting.

Is this the wrong menu:

should be it. the default user name and password should be "admin"
In the long run, it might be better to buy a 5.8GHz phone.

yeah that’s not it.

open your internet browser and go to 192.168.1.1
try a blank username and password of admin

then go back and do what I said before

I can’t seem to get the page to load…

Am I doing something wrong?

Make/Model of your router?

on that screen, go to Support and look up your IP.. whatever the IP is.. change the last number to a 1 and try that in the browser (or look for the Gateway IP and just try that)

It’s a 2WIRE through AT&T.

The Gateway IP seemed to do the trick.

I was on a channel 1, but I changed it to an 11, and I’m still getting knocked off when the phone rings.

I might just try each channel and see what happens. Here’s a list of the available channels…

You’ll be much better off (and totally free of worry) if you buy a 5.8ghz phone.

I will probably end up doing that. The phone sucks, anyway.

that may not fix his problem. 5.8ghz phones still use 2.4ghz for some stuff, and 2.4ghz is still overcrowded with microwave ovens, bluetooth, and 802.11b/g/n.

the phone doesn’t have a "[change] channel" button?

So…you’re suggesting getting rid of his router?

his wireless signal may not be the only one within range that’s conflicting.

and yeah, get a 5ghz wireless N

This is true. Are you in an area where your neighbor’s phones might be fucking your shit up? Keep trying all those channels, I guess.

If anything, you can try the 5.8ghz phone. If it doesn’t work, you can always return it. Buy from Best Buy or some other store -their return policy is really liberal

Yeah, but it doesn’t really seem to help.

I guess I will try a new phone, and go from there.

Thanks for the help guyz.

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